How does liquidity affect government bond yields?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-134

  Favero, Carlo ^a   Pagano, Marco ^b   Von Thadden, Ernst Ludwig ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 77953582277     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009990494     Document Type: Article

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